Guinness World Records
recognized George Bell, a lanky, 7-foot-8
Norfolk sheriff's
deputy, as the tallest man in the United States. He
did not qualify to be the tallest man in the world
though. Ukraine's
8-foot-5.5 Leonid Stadnyk and
China's Bao Xi Shun,
who is 7 feet 8.95 inches, stand above him.

A New York eatery offers patrons a desert with
a price tag of $25,000. Guinness World
Records declared the Frrrozen Haute Chocolate the
most expensive dessert in the world.

What gives this
dessert a heavy price tag? Serendipity 3 make the
dessert out of a frozen, slushy mix of cocoas from
14 countries, milk and 5 grams of
24-carat gold topped
with whip cream and shavings from a La Madeline au
Truffle. The restaurant serves the dessert in a
goblet with a band of gold decorated with 1 carat of
diamonds and eaten with a golden spoon diners can
take home. Is a dessert that expensive really that
good?

Japanese scientists discovered how
to make mice fearless. They found a way to turn off
certain receptors, a group of cells, in the brain.
It
resulted in a batch of fearless rodents, the scientist
proved their point by showing a photograph of a brown
mouse within an inch a cat, sniffing up its ear,
kissing it and playing with the predator’s collar.
Good thing the scientist fed the cat first.

A New York man saw a girl on a subway, but
before he could get up the courage to talk to her
she left. Patrick Moberg, 21, became enamored with
the woman and even created a Web site to find her. He
received several responses and soon someone thought
she knew the woman. He soon identified her in
a picture that was sent to him, and on a final posting on
his Web site said he found her.

Two cars collided Nov. 7 after they both hit
the same deer. Thomas Hille hit the deer with his
truck and pulled over to the side of the road.
Dennis La Coss also hit the deer which was still in
the road. He lost control and ran into Hille. Both
men escaped with minor injuries. Talk about a new
twist on an old saying.

“tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom. A tale of
relationships, life and death, Albom writes in his
book about the final months of his old professor
Morrie Schwartz, who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s
disease. Albom loses touch with his old professor
only to find out about his professor’s illness
several years later. He begins visiting with Morrie
every Tuesday and learns several life lessons from
someone who is dying to live.